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2 Skilling Dansk - Christian IV
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1624-1629 |
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| Value | 2 Skilling (1⁄42) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned ornate shield with a flat-topped form, superimposed over a long cross, all within a beaded inner circle. The royal arms are rendered in a decorative baroque style typical of the early seventeenth century. The legend, reading the king's name and royal title, is divided into four segments by the arms of the cross and runs around the outer field. The inscription is rendered in Latin characters and interrupted at each quadrant formed by the cross. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian IV's fiscal pressures during the opening years of the Thirty Years' War forced a sustained debasement of Danish small coinage. The skilling denominations issued between 1624 and 1629 reflect a mint policy calibrated to fund military ambitions on a budget — Denmark's intervention beginning in 1625 ended in the humiliating Peace of Lübeck four years later, a defeat that permanently curtailed Danish influence in northern Germany.
Billon at this fineness circulated hard and wore fast, which accounts for the rarity of sharply detailed survivors.